Polydesmidea (Leach 1815) ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Suborder

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Taxonomy of Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	229 3586 29647	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	198 3375 29198	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	178 3237 27397	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	43 1588 11441	Families Genera Species
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	43 1588 11441	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	18 482 3410	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Polydesmidea Leach, 1815

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 184 524	Family Genera Species
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	13 209 2534	Families Genera Species
Family	Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896	7 62	Genera Species
Family	Dorsoporidae Loomis, 1958	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	72 257	Genera Species
Family	Nearctodesmidae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950	9 32	Genera Species

Distribution and Species lists of Polydesmidea Leach, 1815

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Afghanistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAlbania
1 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesAlgeria
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesAngola
3 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesArgentina
4 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesArmenia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAustralia
5 Families  17 Genera  59 SpeciesAustria
5 Families  14 Genera  39 SpeciesBahamas
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelarus
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesBelgium
5 Families  11 Genera  18 SpeciesBelize
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  5 Genera  23 SpeciesBotswana
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBrazil
7 Families  25 Genera  89 SpeciesBulgaria
1 Families  5 Genera  17 SpeciesCameroon
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCanada
3 Families  8 Genera  13 SpeciesCape Verde
3 Families  6 Genera  2 SpeciesChile
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesChina
5 Families  16 Genera  55 SpeciesColombia
5 Families  12 Genera  15 SpeciesComoros
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCosta Rica
5 Families  10 Genera  14 SpeciesCroatia
2 Families  11 Genera  64 SpeciesCuba
3 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCzech Republic
3 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
4 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesDenmark
4 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesDominican Republic
3 Families  17 Genera  20 SpeciesEcuador
5 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesEl Salvador
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEritrea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEstonia
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesFiji
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesFinland
1 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesFrance
7 Families  30 Genera  76 SpeciesGabon
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Families  3 Genera  10 SpeciesGermany
5 Families  23 Genera  53 SpeciesGhana
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesGreece
2 Families  7 Genera  19 SpeciesGrenada
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGuatemala
4 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesGuyana
1 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesHaiti
3 Families  21 Genera  27 SpeciesHungary
4 Families  10 Genera  23 SpeciesIceland
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesIndia
4 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesIndonesia
5 Families  19 Genera  39 SpeciesIran
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesIreland
2 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesIsrael
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesItaly
4 Families  24 Genera  110 SpeciesIvory Coast
4 Families  15 Genera  23 SpeciesJamaica
3 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesJapan
5 Families  15 Genera  48 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesLaos
2 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesLatvia
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesLiberia
3 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesLuxembourg
2 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesMadagascar
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesMalta
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritius
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMexico
6 Families  36 Genera  121 SpeciesMonaco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMontenegro
1 Families  7 Genera  29 SpeciesMorocco
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesMozambique
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMyanmar
5 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesNepal
5 Families  9 Genera  31 SpeciesNetherlands
5 Families  14 Genera  26 SpeciesNew Zealand
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesNigeria
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesNorth Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesNorway
3 Families  11 Genera  24 SpeciesPakistan
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPanama
8 Families  41 Genera  80 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesParaguay
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesPeru
5 Families  31 Genera  72 SpeciesPhilippines
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesPoland
4 Families  11 Genera  18 SpeciesPortugal
2 Families  6 Genera  19 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesRomania
1 Families  6 Genera  28 SpeciesRussia
2 Families  13 Genera  31 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSerbia
1 Families  6 Genera  32 SpeciesSeychelles
6 Families  17 Genera  21 SpeciesSierra Leone
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesSlovakia
3 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesSlovenia
1 Families  5 Genera  37 SpeciesSolomon Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSomalia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesSpain
3 Families  14 Genera  35 SpeciesSri Lanka
5 Families  15 Genera  17 SpeciesSuriname
3 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesSweden
5 Families  15 Genera  22 SpeciesSwitzerland
3 Families  9 Genera  32 SpeciesSyria
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesTaiwan
4 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesTajikistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTanzania
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesThailand
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesTogo
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesTunisia
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesTurkey
1 Families  3 Genera  18 SpeciesUganda
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  6 Genera  13 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
7 Families  21 Genera  32 SpeciesUSA
8 Families  53 Genera  161 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVanuatu
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesVenezuela
3 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesVietnam
5 Families  9 Genera  15 SpeciesYemen
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesZambia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesZimbabwe
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species

Distribution on islands

Azores
1 Families  4 Genera  10 SpeciesHebrides
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesInner Hebrides
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesIslands of Chile
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIslands of the Stagnone of Marsala
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
4 Families  11 Genera  19 SpeciesNorthern Isles
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUist
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species

Found in fossile formations

Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov